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Today's Date Across Calendars

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Buddhist

Sunday, 03 August 2568 BE

Chinese

Sunday, 10 Sixth Monthbis 2025(yi-si)

Coptic

Sunday, 27 Epep 1741 ERA1

Ethioaa

Sunday, 27 Hamle 7517 ERA0

Ethiopic

Sunday, 27 Hamle 2017 ERA1

Hebrew

Sunday, 9 Av 5785

Indian

Sunday, 12 Sravana 1947 Saka

Islamic

Sunday, 10 Safar 1447 AH

Islamic Civil

Sunday, 8 Safar 1447 AH

Japanese

Sunday, 03 August 7 Reiwa

Persian

Sunday, 12 Mordad 1404 AP

ROC

Sunday, 03 August 114 Minguo

International Date Notation Standards

Date Format Variations. Various methods to denote the present date prevail internationally, with the most recognized being the little-endian (dd-mm-yyyy), middle-endian (mm-dd-yyyy) and big-endian (yyyy-mm-dd) formats.

The Quirkiness of the US Date Format. The United States uniquely utilizes the mm-dd-yyyy date format, whereas most countries adopt the dd-mm-yyyy convention. This divergence is attributed to historical ties with the United Kingdom, where the month-first format was prevalent before aligning with the European standard. Americans retained this preference, maintaining the format since then.

Standard in date presentation. The inherent ambiguity in date representation, exemplified by the interpretation of 05-06-2024 as either June 5th or May 6th, poses a challenge to readers. To mitigate such ambiguity, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has delineated the YYYY-MM-DD format as an integral component of the ISO-8601 date standard. Consequently, employing this standardized format, the aforementioned date would be unequivocally expressed as 2024-06-05 denoting June 5th, 2024.

Date in Digital World. In the context of computing, all dates are specified according to the Gregorian or proleptic Gregorian calendar system.

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DD-MM-YYYY03-08-2025EU
MM-DD-YYYY08-03-2025US
YYYY-MM-DD2025-08-03ISO
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DD/MM/YYYY03/08/2025-